Watch incredible moment elderly dog Doodle bravely fights off BEAR after beast smashes into house while owner slept

The Irish Sun

18-06-2025

THIS is the heart stopping moment a dutiful pup is caught squaring up to a bear after it broke into a Californian home.
Footage shows the 17-year-old dog named Doodle watch the beast smash through the door before trying to
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The brave dog is seen squaring up to the enormous bear
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Barking at the beast he is then seen whimpering to the side
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The dog almost touched noses with the bear in an attempt to protect his owner
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All this while the dog's owner, Zoe Cadman, lay fast asleep.
The nail-biting moment, which saw the hairy
Unprovoked, the bear is then seen wandering over to the fridge and raid its contents before making its way out - leaving both Zoe and Doodle unscathed.
Fit with a massive collar, it's not clear whether the bear was being monitored or if it belonged to anyone.
But neighbors suggest the enormous creature is a frequent visitor.
One local told NBC Los Angeles: "It's part of living up here. We're really close to the mountains and they were here first.
"But luckily, knock on wood, they've all been really friendly coming through here."
This isn't the first time
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Last year, disturbing footage showed the moment a man was savagely attacked by a raging 40st bear at a zoo.
The man climbed the 13ft enclosure and jumped into the bear pit before the beast tossed him around like a rag doll.
Footage shot by shocked visitors shows the bear pouncing on the man, said to be in his mid-20s, before grabbing him and clamping its jaws around his shoulders.
Bloodthirsty bear leaves only woman's severed head behind in vicious attack as victim's last moments captured on CCTV
He was seen bleeding from the head, arms and left hand after the brutal attack while the emergency services scrambled into action.
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Last year, a massive
The man-eating bear broke into the house in Luchegorsk, Primorsky region in eastern
Meanwhile, another man was
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The beast tore one of the victim's main arteries with just its paw, the rescuers' report claims.
Despite an emergency chopper being able to locate the man in the tricky terrain, they were too late and couldn't save him.
Another
Meanwhile, a Belarusian woman was found dead in the Low Tatras mountains while five others were injured by a rampaging bear just eight miles away in Liptovsky Mikulas.
In a shocking case, a hoverboard-riding
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The raging female bear suddenly became agitated and lunged at the circus performer during a show packed with kids and parents in Biysk.
The captive animal launched itself at Sergei Prichinich, 48, after she seemed fed up of having to perform on the hoverboard.
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The dog's owner lay asleep during the whole ordeal
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The bear appeared unphased by the pooch
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